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 A view of the tallest masts in 2005. | |
  Rugby Radio Station (Warwickshire) | |
| Location | Hillmorton, Rugby, Warwickshire |
|---|---|
| Mast height | 250 metres (820 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°21′57″N 1°11′21″W / 52.36577°N 1.18928°W |
| Grid reference | SP5519574542 |
| Built | 1926 |
| Demolished | 2007 |
Rugby Radio Station was a large British government radio transmission facility just east of the Hillmorton area of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The site straddled the A5 trunk road, with most of it in Warwickshire, and part on the other side of the A5 in Northamptonshire. First opened in 1926, at its height in the 1950s it was the largest radio transmitting station in the world, with a total of 57 radio transmitters, covering an area of 1,600 acres (650 ha). Traffic slowly dwindled from the 1980s onwards, and the site was closed between 2003 and 2007.[1]
The tallest masts on the site were 820 feet (250 m) tall, and could be seen from up to 20 miles (32 km) away, making the site for many years a major local landmark.[2] Since closure, part of the site has been used for a large housing development called Houlton, named after Houlton, Maine, USA the American town which received the first transatlantic phone call from the station in 1927.[3]
- ^ "RUGBY RADIO STATION A short history". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Parishes: Hillmorton". British History Online. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ "Welcome to Houlton - Rugby's new neighbourhood named in honour of town's radio heritage". Rugby Observer. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2022.